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Seymour Center recruits volunteers for school programs and exhibit guides
The Seymour Marine Discovery Center is recruiting volunteers to work with the center’s school programs and serve as exhibit guides.
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UC Santa Cruz expert explains origins of political crisis in Nigeria
The car bombing of the United Nations headquarters in Nigeria’s capital Aug. 26 is an ominous sign of the increasing militancy of disaffected Muslim youth in Africa’s most populous nation, according to UC Santa Cruz professor Paul M. Lubeck, who…
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UCSC film lecturer Leo Chiang up for Emmy Award in Sept.
Leo Chiang–a lecturer in the Social Documentation M.F.A. Program at UC Santa Cruz—has been nominated for an Emmy Award for his documentary film, “A Village Called Versailles.”
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Andrew Szasz wins highest honor in American environmental sociology
UC Santa Cruz sociology professor Andrew Szasz is the 2011 recipient of the Frederick Buttel Distinguished Contribution Award of the Environment, Technology, and Society section of the American Sociological Association, the highest honor bestowed in American environmental sociology.
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Astrophysicists report first simulation to create a Milky Way-like galaxy
A simulation of galaxy formation by UCSC astrophysicists solves a longstanding problem in cosmology.
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UCSC offers new degree in network and digital technology
The Baskin School of Engineering is offering a new major in network and digital technology.
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UCSC’s Dickens Project featured in August issue of New Yorker
In the August 29 issue of the New Yorker, staff writer Jill Lepore has written a fascinating feature story about the Dickens Project at UC Santa Cruz.
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Three waves of evolutionary innovation shaped diversity of vertebrates
Analysis of genomes finds three periods of innovation in gene regulation occurred during the evolution of animals with backbones.
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UC Santa Cruz receives $500,000 gift to establish George Hitchcock poetry endowment
UC Santa Cruz has received a gift of $500,000 to establish The George P. Hitchcock Modern Poetry Fund at Porter College.
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Mount Hamilton not recommended for viewing Perseid meteor shower
There are plenty of good places from which to observe the Perseid meteor shower this weekend, but atop Mount Hamilton is not one of them.
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New face of public safety: Nader Oweis sworn in as UCSC chief of police
Sworn into office on Tuesday, Nader Oweis, UCSC’s brand-new police chief, is known for his years of experience and his cool-headed responses to stressful situations.
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UCSC’s annual literary celebration of Charles Dickens ‘full to bursting’ this summer
In 2005, San Francisco Chronicle book critic David Kipen observed that the Dickens Project at UC Santa Cruz “may just be literary California’s best-kept secret. “Now in 2011, that secret is definitely out.
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‘Big splat’ may explain moon’s mountainous far side
The mountainous region on the far side of the moon may be the remains of a collision with a smaller companion moon.
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New book explores Russian dachas and the link with nature
UC Santa Cruz anthropology professor Melissa L. Caldwell writes about dachas, the little garden cottages where city-bound Russians go to connect with nature and end up working hard.
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Science Communication lecturer earns Emmy nomination
Ken McLaughlin, a lecturer in news reporting for UCSC’s Science Communication Program, has been nominated for an Emmy Award for his reporting on “Torn Apart,” a multimedia project on immigration published in the Mercury News.
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Physicists report progress in understanding high-temperature superconductors
A new theory may explain the unusual properties of high-temperature superconductors, a longstanding unsolved problem for theoretical physicists.
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Alumna named opinion journalist of the year
Lois Kazakoff (’76, Cowell, linguistics), deputy editorial page editor of the San Francisco Chronicle, has been named opinion journalist of the year by the National Conference of Editorial Writers.
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Microscopes borrow tricks from astronomy to see deep into living tissues
UCSC researchers are developing new microscope technologies to enable biologists to see deep within living tissues.
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UCSC Summer Orientation draws 7,300 participants
This year, 3,300 incoming first-year students, 890 transfer students, and a total of 7,300 people, signed up for UCSC’s lively schedule of Summer Orientation events, which took place July 19 through July 26.
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Jin Zhang named Fellow of American Chemical Society
The American Chemical Society (ACS) has named Jin Zhang, professor of chemistry and biochemistry at UC Santa Cruz, to the 2011 class of ACS Fellows.
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State budget shortfall forces second fee increase for fall 2011
The UC Board of Regents approved a plan to close a $1 billion budget shortfall through a combination of higher student tuition, cost-cutting measures, and operational efficiencies.
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Shakespeare Santa Cruz kicks off 30th anniversary summer festival July 19
Shakespeare Santa Cruz (SSC) opens its 30th anniversary season on July 19 at the Mainstage Theater, with Shakespeare’s most popular farce-The Comedy of Errors.
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Loss of large predators has caused widespread disruption of ecosystems
The decline of large predators and other “apex consumers” at the top of the food chain has disrupted ecosystems all over the planet, according to a review of recent findings.
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New endowment supports students at UCSC Arboretum
A gift of $127,000 from the estate of World War II Navy veteran Dudley Green has established a new endowment in support of the UC Santa Cruz Arboretum.
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Seymour Center is supported by New Leaf Market program
Shoppers at New Leaf Markets have selected the Seymour Marine Discovery Center as one of five local organizations that can be supported by a special “bring your own bag” rebate program.
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Evolutionary / Revolutionary: an evening of art, music, science
The University of California, Santa Cruz will present Evolutionary/Revolutionary, a remarkable evening of art, science and life, on Saturday, October 15, at the Flint Center in Cupertino.
